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Traducere în limba română

either I. pronume nehot.

1. unul din doi; unul sau celălalt, unul sau altul, una sau alta, (din doi), oricare;

either of you can do it oricare din voi poate să facă aceasta;

I don’t believe either of you nu cred nici pe unul, nici pe celălalt.

2. şi unul şi celălalt, amândoi; fiecare;

on either of the sides de fiecare parte, şi de o parte şi de cealaltă;

he bowed cooly to either îi salută cu răceală pe amândoi.

either II. adjectiv nehot.

fiecare, ambii, amândoi; un... sau altul; fie unul, fie altul;

(in) either way într-un fel sau altul;

in either case şi într-un caz şi în altul, în amândouă cazurile;

the boat will land on either side barca va acosta fie la un ţărm fie la celălalt.

either III. conjuncție

sau, fie, ori;

(mai ales) either...or... ori... ori..., sau…sau…, fie…fie…;

either come in or go out ori intră, ori ieşi;

I don’t believe he’s either drunk or mad cred că nu este nici beat, nici nebun.

either IV. adverb

(în prop. neg.) (şi) nici;

if you don’t go I shan’t go either dacă nu te duci tu, nu mă duc nici eu;

nor I either nici eu.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

And he did it so quickly that the boy did not know either.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

“You'll make yourself ill,” said Miss Betsey, “and you know that will not be good either for you or for my god-daughter. Come! You mustn't do it!”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

If you are hurt, and want help, sir, I can fetch some one either from Thornfield Hall or from Hay.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

And I don't like the way fellows do either, in this country.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Don't ye fash about them as lies under ye, or that doesn' lie there either!

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Down at the station they are certain that no stranger either came or went yesterday.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I won’t forget that moment, either, for it is one of the parts of childhood I love most.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

There was no need for her to speak, nor for me either.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I don't believe you know either.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

He answered, “I may not and will not either eat or drink.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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